VOLUNTEER VILLAGE
The Florida Keys missed out on thousands of volunteer hours after Hurricane Irma hit the Keys. While there were many offers of help, volunteers either had no...
Nyad swings a hammer for Habitat on Big Pine
On Friday, April 5, long distance swimmer and motivational speaker Diana Nyad brought her EverWalk team back to Big Pine to help Habitat for Humanity build and...
Prescribed Burns planned on Big Pine Key Next Week (October 28 – November 1)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to conduct prescribed burns on one or more locations within the National Key Deer Refuge on Big Pine Key next...
Oro Gold Cosmetics Re-opening Draws Protests
Members of the Key West Rip-Off Rapid Response Team on Sunday afternoon protest the reopening of Oro Gold cosmetics shop at 518 Duval St., Key West.
City officials had issued...
Key West man dies after fall during Fantasy Fest
A Key West man was pronounced dead early Sunday morning after a fall down the stairs of a local bar. Matthew Richard Farge, 28, was escorting a...
Let’s Talk (Coral) Sex: Mote researchers tackle coral spawning asynchrony to make “coral babies”
Hanna Koch and her team at Mote’s International Center for Coral Reef Research and Restoration (IC2R3) facility on Summerland Key play coral matchmakers to help our coral...
Two confirmed to date, with third awaiting confirmation
The number of positive coronavirus cases jumped to two Monday morning. Like the first case, the second is travel-related, according to health officials.
Per the Florida Health Department,...
Whale Sharks in Looe Key!
Brittany Burtner and her partner Dave swam with four whale sharks off Looe Key on June 21. The couple and two others spent hours with four whale...
Florida Keys restaurants return to regular hours; Bars remain closed by state order
Florida Keys lawmakers voted Tuesday evening to allow restaurants to resume their normal hours of operation and allow a COVID-related 11 p.m. curfew lapse.
The curfew had forced...
Private company helps Key West food pantry
The SOS Foundation food pantry provides food to thousands of Keys residents every week, storing hundreds of pallets of nonperishable items in a Rockland Key warehouse.
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